...allowance payable to an employee or to his dependents as provided for in this chapter. *(12) "Wages" means the money rate at which the service rendered...the contract of hiring in force at the time of the injury, including the reasonable value of board, rent, housing, lodging, or similar advantage received...

...before the accident. Wherever in this Article the term "wages" is used, it shall be construed to mean the money rate at which the service rendered is recompensed...the contract of hiring in force at the time of the accident, and shall not include gratuities received from the employer or others, nor shall it include...

...pay, commissions, and amounts payable under profit-sharing agreements. ("Payroll" already included the reasonable value of board, rent, housing, lodging,...or similar advantage received from the employer.) Specifies that the term "workman" shall not include any person whose services are performed as an inmate...